Umm… So, hi? I've been gone from this story for a while and I'm really sorry! During my absence, I lost inspiration because of the lack of My Fair Wedding with David Tutera episodes! I swear, the only thing that was on was Bridezilla and I really can't handle that show! But, now because David is back with a new season, I have gained inspiration! So, I'm really really sorry! I hope that you guys can forgive me! Anyway, thank you guys so much for reading and reviewing this story, your reviews mean so much! So thank you! I hope that you guys will continue to read and review! Please and Thank You!

P.S. I thought of a great reason (but, really, it's a lame excuse) of why I made the OC! I didn't use Yuzu or Karin because they would be too young to get married because they would still be in college by then, so I didn't use them! How lame! Haha, I hope that this will fly with you guys!

Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach!

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Nothing Ever Goes According to Plan

Chapter 6: Reason

About fifteen minutes later, Momo came and announced my delivery had arrived and asked her what she should do. I told her that she could get the ramen and put it in the backroom. The delivery boy could be sent in. She too, questioned me with her gaze, but agreed walking back down the stairs. A few minutes later, a voice spoke from around corner.

"Yeah, Rukia? I knew you wanted to grow taller than your midget self, but maybe ramen isn't the way to go. Or did you really call just to see me because you wanted another kis…" The orange haired Strawberry rounded the corner and stopped in his tracks looking at the people at our little meeting. His cocky smirk leaving his face. There was a very large pregnant silence throughout the whole room as everyone looked at each other with shocked eyes. Then like someone woke him up, Ichigo breathed out, "The ramen's on the house. I'm leaving." And he quickly turned around and started leaving.

Then a whoosh whirled passed me and Ichigo went down, face planting into the floor, Tsubaki straddling his back, putting his leg into a head lock, twisting it in an unnatural angle. "Ichigo! You bastard! It is you! I'm going to kill you!" I could practically hear his bones cracking.

"Damn it, Tsubaki! Get off of me! I'm leaving!" Ichigo managed to maneuver himself so that he was facing his sister, trying to fight her off.

"Like hell you're leaving! You're the worse! How could you? I needed you, Ichigo! And you just left! Were you planning on not coming to the wedding either? I hate you!" I watched sadistically amused as Ichigo pretty much got every bone broken in his body, blood would be spilling out all over the place soon enough. She pulled on him more, twisting him back over as she twisted his legs apart and started stretching out his back. Ichigo's incoherent curses were muffled by the carpet as she rubbed his face into it, pounding him down the ground.

There was another whoosh and soon two people were on him.

"Ichiiiigooo! You punk! You ditch this family for six months and you have the nerve to show your face back here! I thought I raised you better than that!" Isshin yelled, punching Ichigo in the back with his fists, then kicking him in the leg like a child throwing a tantrum.

"Dad! Get off of me! You too Tsubaki! Let me go!"

"Never!" The two dominant Kurosakis said as they continued their violent onslaught.

Who was I to tell them to stop? I mean, blood would be spilled very soon, but they needed to deal with this. If Ichigo left them hanging for six months, then they have every right to beat the crap out of him. Hell, I wish I could too, just for fun.

"Oh, Yuzu, stop being such a cry baby. After twenty-two years of this, you think you would get used to it." I heard Karin tell Yuzu, I could now see that Yuzu was crying her eyes out, tears streaming down her face in a continuous flow. She hiccupped and turned to Karin.

"But, Karin! Ichi-nii is finally back and now he's getting beaten up! He's going to die! We have to stop them!" Yuzu cried to her sister, who just rolled her eyes. It hurt to see her so upset. No one is supposed to come into my bridal boutique and cry because her brother is getting beaten up to a bloody pulp on the ground. I think it was a good time, to stop the fight. I think I just saw a tooth fly out, anyway.

I placed a hand on Yuzu's shoulder and gave her an encouraging smile, "Why don't we see if we can get them to stop? We wouldn't want a murder charge would we?" She looked at me startled at first, but nodded in agreement.

"So, how should we do t…"

"Rukia! I'm here! My, I do hope Nel gave you your gift!"

A sing song voice came wafting into the room. Oh, great. She's here. I waited for her as she rounded the corner, and of course it was my condom giving stylist Rangiku Matsumoto. I swear, the first thing you see before her entire body gets into the room is her abnormally large 'assets'. She came walking in, wearing the relatively mandatory, blazer and pencil skirt, whatever they wanted to do with the rest of their clothes. And of course, those abnormally large 'assets' seemed to always be sticking out.

She looked down at the violent scene in front of her, her mouth opening wide, but ultimately stepped over them and walked over to me.

"Hey, Rukia, isn't that the man I bought those condoms for? So you two could get into each other's pants?" Rangiku whispered as she leaned into me. I turned to her completely shocked and so did everyone else in that room. Karin stifled a laugh while Yuzu's face turned a bright shade of pink. Tsubaki stared at us with her wide eyes while Isshin looked like he was going to go crazy.

And he did.

"What? Did my ears just hear something about my son and condoms and a girl in the same sentence? Oh my God! Son, you didn't tell your old pop that you were in a relationship! Is that why you left us? My! That's alright then! I'll be gaining another daughter since this one is going away leaving her papa all alone," He gestured to Tsubaki, "I'll take in a new third daughter! Plus I'll get more grandbabies! Masaki! Did you hear that? We gained another daughter and grandbabies!"

Isshin cheered as he danced around the room. He ran and jumped and twirled around as if he just won the lottery. I gaped at the man, I opened my mouth to tell them no, but then Tsubaki started talking.

"Are you serious? Ichigo, you were in a relationship? I'm going to be an aunt?" Tsubaki yelled at Ichigo, flipping him over and shaking his now lifeless corpse. He came back alive and swatted her hands off of him, getting up from the ground and leaning against a couch. He held his mouth to avoid getting blood on my carpet. But, I could've sworn his face was slightly flushed with color.

"Shut up! I am not in a relationship with that midget!" Ichigo shouted causing the whole room to quiet down. I looked at him, stepping back the couch. My fingers reached for my weapon of choice as I chucked a pillow at his head.

"Ow! What's wrong with you? I nearly died and you try to kill me with a pillow? That's just as bad as you trying to kill me with the towel this morning!" He yelled again, only to clamp his mouth shut, looking as if he wanted to retract what he just said. And he should of.

Tsubaki's face was now red as she squeaked, "Towel?" I could only imagine the things running through her mind at that moment and I did not want that happening. With Rangiku snickering beside me, it was bound to get worse if she opened her mouth again.

"Um, no it's not what you…"

"And you're having sex! And with a girl! You know, Strawberry, I was almost getting the impression that you were gay! But, now that I know you're getting ass, I now pronounce you not gay!" Tsubaki squealed happily as she grabbed Ichigo's collar and started shaking him violently. My mouth opened and I felt my cheeks heat up with the part of Ichigo getting 'ass' and my ass nonetheless. This was getting too far.

"No! That's not it! Keep believing he's gay! We have no sort of relationship! It all started like this…" And that's when I launched into my almost never-ending rant about how Ichigo and I met, and then to how one of my employees had ordered ramen, and how I gave him a towel and then leaving out the bit about what happened when we umm, fell out of the chairs.

Tsubaki listened quietly, everyone was listening quiet, their faces unreadable. By the end of my rant, I heard Ichigo let out a relieved sighed, happy that I explained everything. Tsubaki frowned and I heard Isshin in the corner somewhere crying about not having another daughter and the fact that his son was gay and he'd never have grandbabies. Yuzu and Karin just looked like they didn't know what the hell to think.

"So… You and Ichigo aren't in a relationship?" Tsubaki asked slowly, choosing her words carefully. I nodded slowly, "Yes, we aren't." She sat there for a moment, trying to get a grasp of things.

Then she shrugged, "Oh, well. It'd be nice if you did. Now, Ichigo's just going to get a tougher punishment." She turned to Ichigo and smiled, evilly. "Now, Ichi-nii, I would like to know why you left for all those months. Please explain or else."

Ichigo's eyes widened, "Or else what?"

She smiled again, "Oh, you know, a little this and a little that. But, really I haven't thought of anything yet, but when I do it'll come." She held up her fist, "Let's just use are fists in the meantime."

Oh hell no.

"No more fighting! Look you're upsetting your sisters, you two! Why don't we come sit here and have a nice chat. Shall we?" I asked, taking a step forward, not knowing whether I should cover that fist.

"Hmm." Tsubaki hummed, thinking. Then shrugged again, "Alright, come Ichigo." Then she literally dragged Ichigo by his collar, his arms folded over his chest. He sort of looked like a child being dragged away from the toy store by his mother. Tsubaki tossed him to the ground and sat herself neatly on the sofa, making me sigh, inwardly. Even Isshin stopped crying enough to sit down with us.

"So, why don't we get started? Ichigo, if you would please explain." I told him, gesturing my hand to him on the ground, he lay there, looking at the ceiling blankly.

"I don't want to."

"Well too bad. Do it."

"I don't want to."

"Fool, we aren't getting in that right now. Now, explain." I told him flatly, not wanting our argument to a battle of the profanity.

Ichigo sighed, but began nonetheless, "I left because I wanted to." And then he stopped, his eyes growing tender as he stared at the ceiling.

"When you know, he asked me if he could marry you, I was happy at first. I mean, I wanted to strangle him, but that isn't the point. I knew it was going to happen. I was just waiting. But, then I started to panic. You deserve everything you want for your wedding, Tsubaki. And I well, pulling money out of dad's pocket is only one pocket. I decided that I needed to help. So, I left to come here and took up every job I could get."

Wow. I was expecting something like he got into some drug deal and had to pay off some shark. Paying for his sister's wedding was the last thing I would have guessed. But, really it was one the sweetest confessions I've ever heard, I mean what he did was cold, but what he was doing was sweet.

"You noticed, right? There was always extra money in the bank account? That was the money I earned to pay for you. I know you haven't touched any of it. But, you'd have to use it eventually. I'd come back when it was your wedding, but if I did I'd probably beat the crap out of that idiot your marrying. I know he's also raking in money, too. He's only getting the money from himself, so I thought I could help the both of you with paying." And then he finished.

The room was a dead silence as everyone tried to make sense of what he just said. We sat there for a while, until Tsubaki abruptly stood up and walked over to Ichigo. She sat herself on his stomach and leaned down, wrapping her arms around his neck, burying her face into his neck.

I felt my heart tighten. The scene was just so touching. It was private and I tried to look away, but I couldn't rip my eyes from them. I was such a sap sometimes, it pissed me off, but I couldn't help myself.

"You didn't have to." I heard Tsubaki mumbled, almost incoherently. Ichigo wrapped his arms around her, stroking her hair softly. Really, this man so… So… I couldn't even find a word to describe him.

"Yes, I did and you know it. So, what's done is done. I left, but I'm back. I promise not to leave you again for that sort of thing. I'll tell you. So, just enjoy it. Your wedding and the planning. You deserve it." Ichigo told her softly, planting a small kiss on her head.

"Thank you, Ichigo."

"Yeah, I know. Let's just do this, already. You came to find a dress, right? So, get you fat ass off of me and go find one." He said lightly. I couldn't believe he just said that. He ruined a perfectly touching moment with calling his sister a fat ass. She was far from that, he was probably kidding, but really. If Nel, heard that she'd…

"Ichigo! That is not how you speak to a lady! There are rules to this, you know? No matter what she ways, you must always tell her she's as light as air, even if she's a hippo!"

Oh, there she is. Nel in all her glory was standing at Ichigo's feet, her hands on her hips, as she scolded him. He raised an eyebrow, questioning probably, her sanity. She's always had in for scolding guys when she felt they were being mean to girls. It was a sexist thing, all women should be treated above everything else. Especially, since they go through nine months of pure and utter torture just because the guy couldn't keep it in him.

"Where the hell did you come from?" Ichigo yelled at her, but she put her hand up, stopping him from speaking.

"We are going to have to go through some major lessons on how to treat a lady! You can't go to your sister's wedding calling her such things! Rukia always makes sure that brides feel like they are the most beautifullest sexiest gorgeousest thing alive on their wedding day! Rukia's head might explode!" Nel ranted, her arms flying all over the places as she talked dramatically. Her favorite made-up words, they really never make sense.

I mean, I wouldn't say my head would explode, it would just erupt from the inside out, with brain juice and tissue flying all over the place.

"See, you can practically see the veins in her forehead twitch! See!" Nel ran over to sit by me and started poking me at my forehead. Now, my forehead was twitching.

"Out! This has nothing to do with it! I'll speak with you later! Rangiku, is that popcorn?" I was going to lecture Nel, when my eyes caught Rangiku at the corner of the room, munching on a bowl of popcorn as she watched us intriguingly. I saw her jump in her seat, chewing the popcorn already in her mouth ever so slowly.

"N-No. It's not popcorn. These are merely puffs of popped up corn kernels turned inside out. And you know, some extra sodium and liquid fat all mixed together in one bowl." Rangiku said nervously, reaching in to the bowl for another piece.

"Oh! Popcorn! I love popcorn!" Nel exclaimed running over to where Rangiku was, shoving an entire handful of the popcorn in her mouth. I rubbed my head, roughly. Were my employees actually eating in my bridal room watching a scene like this as if it was a movie.

"Get out! Both of you! I can't handle you right now! Out!" I shouted at the two as they ran out of the room as fast as they could. And finally the room was silent again.

"Well, that was interesting." Ichigo said, still looking at the place where Rangiku and Nel had left. By now, he was sitting up, his sister sitting in his lap.

"I thought it was funny!" Tsubaki piped in, nodding her head.

"Sorry about that. I'll make sure that doesn't happen again," I told her apologetically, "Shall we get started?"

"I guess so! My brother is here and his input it really important! Oh, and Ms. Kuchiki?" Tsubaki asked, changing the subject.

"Call me Rukia. And yes?"

"Since my brother has been absent for the past six months, and his input is always really important, I was wondering if he could… You know…" She drawled on, looking at me hopefully.

"What?" I asked.

"I was wondering if Ichigo could be with you through every step of planning this wedding!"

Oh no. This probably wouldn't end well.

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Hooray! Finally done! This took me a long time, but I feel like I could've done better, but I'm trying to get back into writing for this story! I hope that you guys will bear with me! I'm sorry if this chapter was really bad and OCC and if the grammar sucked! And I hope that you guys will please review to tell me how this chapter went! And thank you guys again for reviewing the last chapter! Thank you guys so much, I hope that you guys will continue to review! Please and Thank You!